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| A Conversation with a Careful Masquerader | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 281101 |
A Conversation with a Careful Masquerader is a Sunless Skies Story Event.
Story description[]
A slim woman lowers her mask to gaze upon you. Her expression is stark. "I permitted myself a brief indulgence: hoping that you would join us. I admired your offering. My friends and I would like to extend an invitation. We are the Displeased. With us you will find hardship, sorrow and the only truth there is." She hesitates. "There are certain rituals you will need to pass. And there's someone you should meet."
Trigger conditions[]
An Offering Made ≥ 3 ≤ 3,
Area: Limbo
Frequency: Always (100%)
Interactions[]
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| Accept and be greeted
The Careful Masquerader is keen for you to meet someone of her acquaintance.
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The beginnings of torment
She shakes your hand, and guides you to a rope ladder descending into the mists. You can make out old ships and boats roped together. Lights dance across the wrecks. "We have been forced to share in order to survive," the Careful Masquerader says as you descend, "It is a precarious situation."
At the bottom, rotting gang-planks make their way out to a flotilla of roped boats. Before them is a single lantern fixed to a pole. Tied to the pole is the decomposing body of your unfortunate crewman. "Pleased to be reacquainted? One betrayal demands answer of another." The Careful Masquerader holds up the jaw so you can better see into his eyes. "Come along. There's more to learn."
 Aboard the Flotilla
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| Decline
She has gotten the wrong idea.
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She shrugs. "We're not for the faint of heart. Should you wish to see us again, drop another body in the water." With that, she's gone, away and into the mists.
On the Quiet Sea
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| Inquire about the Displeased
Who exactly are these people and what do they want with you?
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Needful things
The Careful Masquerader shakes her head, as though she dislikes the question. "We are the abandoned, who in turn, shall abandon. We are the betrayed, who in turn, will betray. We are the despised, who in turn, shall despise."
She draws a blade, jagged and rusted. "London left us behind, decided we were unworthy, unwanted. We have spent the intervening years sharpening that rejection. It is who we are. All else is chaff." "As for you, I admired the ferocity of your act. It speaks to the essence of our philosophy. You might have the ice in your soul required to learn our mysteries." |
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Aboard the Flotilla , On the Quiet Sea
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